Category: News
NC State tapped to lead Department of Energy institute
January 24, 2014During a visit to Raleigh on Jan.15, President Barack Obama announced that NC State will lead the Next Generation Power Electronics Innovation Institute, a $140 million project that aims to further development and manufacturing of wide bandgap semiconductors.
Chakrabortty Finds Ways for More Efficient Control of Wind Power
January 8, 2014Dr. Aranya Chakrabortty and researchers from Johns Hopkins University have found that installing wind power plants at certain favorable locations in a power grid can make the grid more robust against extraneous disruptions.
Williams Awarded William F. Lane Teaching Award
January 3, 2014Dr. Cranos M. Williams has been awarded the William F. Lane Outstanding Teacher Award. The award recognizes excellence in teaching or educational leadership in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Mo-Yuen Chow Receives IEEE IES Service Award
December 19, 2013Dr. Mo-Yuen Chow has received the IEEE IES Anthony J. Hornfeck Service Award, to recognize his outstanding, meritorious services to the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.
Inventor, Electronics Innovator Baliga Wins IEEE’s Highest Award
December 5, 2013Dr. Jayant Baliga has received the Medal of Honor from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Baliga Receives Risley Entrepreneur of the Year Award
November 22, 2013Dr. Jayant Baliga has received the Dr. John S. Risley Entrepreneur of the Year Award from NC State’s Office of Technology Transfer.
Hopkins receives IMAPS Outstanding Educator Award
November 19, 2013Dr. Doug Hopkins, has received the IMAPS Outstanding Educator Award. This award is presented by the Executive Council of the International Microelectronics Assembly and Packaging Society (IMAPS).
New Approach Advances Wireless Power Transfer for Vehicles
November 19, 2013Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed software that allows them to map unknown environments – such as collapsed buildings – based on the movement of a swarm of insect cyborgs, or “biobots.”
Steer Receives 2013 RJ Reynolds Award
November 19, 2013Dr. Michael B. Steer, Lampe Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University, has been selected as the 29th recipient of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Extension.
Software Uses Cyborg Swarm To Map Unknown Environs
November 6, 2013[ubermenu config_id=”main” menu=”84″] NEWSROOM Software Uses Cyborg Swarm To Map Unknown Environs Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed software that allows them to map unknown environments – such as collapsed buildings – base …
VitalFlo Wins at NASA Tech Briefs Award
October 22, 2013VitalFlo, a small handheld spirometer about the size of an i-phone that helps consumers monitor their breathing, won the Medical Design category at the NASA Tech Briefs Create the Future Contest, placing first from over 80 entries submitted by engineers from around the world.
Zamani and Tippens Win SAS Analytics 2013 Student Poster Contest
October 17, 2013 Vahraz Zamani and Travis Tippens were recently selected as one of the top six posters submitted to the SAS Analytics 2013 Student Poster Contest.